Education is the foundation of all human endeavors. It is the most noble of all the elements of human consciousness.

It is all about the trade of ignorance. And India is such a bronze-age nation that is filled with these trades (astrology, palm reading, vastushashtra and others).

Get rid of your useless ceremonials and be educated like your ancient ancestors – Aryabhatta, Brahmagupta, Susruta and others. Make education your purpose of life and spread it among the masses.

Infinite patience, infinite purity and infinite perseverance are the key elements of achieving your desired goal.

The overload of useless ceremonials and worship have crippled the whole nation. If you want to do good to your nation and yourself, then throw away your ancient ceremonials as far as possible.

I don’t teach. I just show them why to learn, what to learn, how to learn, and the ultimate purpose of learning.

I have tried everything except being myself!

It may seem strange that one with whom I had held so little communion should have so engrossed my thoughts, but benefits conferred awaken love in some minds, as surely as benefits received in others.

Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.

I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!

History is not the soil of happiness. The periods of happiness are blank pages in it.

The universe is a great mystery.

You are like fireworks. You go out into your children, your friends, your society, and the whole world.

For me personally, as I said, I want to serve my country. I've done it once, and I'm still in the army, I feel as though I should get the opportunity to do it again.

I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.